Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-08-05

| from the BairdBtown Itnier, little pap
or started less than six months ngo at
Bairdstown. this county:
The SRftnei Is nauseating Its thou
sands of readers" with long winded edi-
torials relative to the extraordinary re-
quirements possessed by e. w. Poe to
make successful candidate for Auditor
OF State. The only requirements accor-
ded him by the people of this section is
suavity and unlimited cheek. His other
| qualities are not above the average and
he Ia scarcely the man the Republicans
the rank and the file can support for
the office.
We also quoted from its columns at
the same time sufficient to show any
man that knew enough to know that it
is best to seek shelter In storm, that
Mr.. Poe had bought tho editor or the
paper or both. II any failed TO discov-
er such to be the case then they will
only need to see copy Of the 7rmes of
this week, which publishes double
oolemn portrait Of Mr.. Poe, accompani-
ed by good send of by the Blade and
says II will publish 500 extra copies for
few weeks for free dist ibution.
Can people afford thus to be humbug-
ged and retain the respect of the outside
world as rational beings and capable OF
sustaining a republican form of govern.
meat. OF course when the Commission.
ers and Auditor can issue $l35, 900 worth
OF bonds in one year, secure the money
on the same and leave the taxpayers of
the county to pay the principal and in
terest as best they may, and not dare to
whisper word in defense Of such tran
saction fearing the said taxpayers may
get awakened to such bold robbery
they will have means to purchase and
control newspapers and purchase all the
purchaseable vote Of the county.
When III. p. Brewer, not then con-
nected with the Sentinci, was making
fght to defeat the election Of Samuel
Case to the third term as Auditor, he
made efforts TO get communications in
the Wood County Democrat, then pub
lished at North Baltimore, but the
friends of Mr.. Case laughed in their
sleeves at him and told him he could get
nothing in that paper to injure Cases
chances of election as Mr.. Case held
. mortgage on the Democrat.
When Amos Dewese, a large farmer
OF Weston township, some seven or
eight years ago addressed a communi-
cation to the Sentinel detailing the griev-
ances Of large number OF farmers in
his section regarding the robbery on
ditch work, he was told by Mr. Evers
that he could not publish 1t as it would
create row with county officers. II
will give you five dollars to publish it,"
says Mr.. Dewese. "No." Ten dollars,
"No." Fifteen dollars" mo" Mr..
Dewese then got his article published in
the Wood County Reporter, National
paper. A bitter fight was then made
on the Reporter. Colonel Shannon lent
helping hand to the Reporter and es
tablished clear caselof the first 5000
steal by the commissioners in the FIRST
issue of bonds, which had repeatedly
been proven by the JOURNAL. Col.
Shannon accepted 81, 900 pension from
the Government and "let up" Darke
could not stem the tide against the
"Forly Thieves" Combination and him
self and paper was driven out of the
county.
The facts ought to have been estab.
iished before this by the readers OF the
Bowling Green papers themselves, that
they are conducted by syndicate with
only one object, which can be expressed
in two words-Deception and Robbery.
Politics has nothing to do with it, ex.
cept only as blind for the mass of vot-
ers who were born Republicans or Dem.
ocrats and would vote for the devil
himself il he should be successful in OBJ
tanning the nomination. The syndicate
has put the price of three of these pa
pers at 81 per year and they iell the in
nocsnt reader that wants a county pap
er that $1.50 is too much to pay for a |
paper. Where they could not supplant
the JOURNAL with one or the other
of tho Bowling Green papers, they
make tho effort TO get them to stop the
JOURNAL and take one of the cheap
weeklies in Toledo upon which they
have to keep one or more reporters from
Wood county who shapes the newe from
this neck of the woods to suit the COM |
bination.
Failing to crush out the JOURNAL by
these methods they threatened to start
an opposition paper here, but finding
that We were not built In a way to get
scared and sell out TO them on any such
threats they have taken another tack by
trying to induce brother Grain, of the
haumee NeU Era, to move over the riv- |
or and run in opposition TO us. Failing
In this they have taken hold OF it and
are making the effort to supplant the |
JOURNAL on the dodge that It Is cheapar
by so cts. than the JoU RNAL.
The purchase OF tho BairdstOwn Iimes
10 but another instance OF history repeat |
ting itself and the sixth paper in Wood !
county that can be relied upon 10 sup
port In their various and devious ways
the Combination OF the Forty thieves, |
VINO apparently have no other mission
on earth but robbery and to hide the
goods already stolen. Besides some OF
the Toledo papers. the Nev Era OF Mau.
mee can be added TO the list.
But we are not discouraged, knowing
truth crushed 10 earth ,ciN rise again"
and like Banqno's ghost we will NOT
down at the bidding OF any band Of rob-
bera,